Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 192, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1918 — French Women Tenderly Care For Graves of American Boys. [ARTICLE]

French Women Tenderly Care For Graves of American Boys.

Aged French women in the villages / in the rear of the American sector in Picardy have asked and received permission tp take care of one or more graves of American soldiers. The affection with which the villagers regard the Americans is most pathetic. The difficulty of language is swept aside and the villagers share the American sorrows and joys. In the villages 'where American troops are billeted and which are in constant danger from enemy sheHh, the Americans share their gas masks with the peasants and teach them how to use them.